Dear Academic Librarian friends,
Indian Academic Library Association lead a deligation under the leadership
of Prof.V.G.Talawar, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore, Mysore recently
to UGC and had a detailed discussion with the Chairman, Secretary and Joint
Secretary UGC regarding the Complete parity of status of Teachers to
Academic Librarians. The discussion was very encouraging and the Chairman
assured us to submit a revised and short memorandum with historical
background of the granting of status in all pay review committees. They
assured us thet the same will be recommend to the MHRD for further
considerations. We there and then itself prepared another memorandum sitting
in Delhi University Library and submitted the same next day to UGC. I
happend to meet Mr.Dogra, Joint Secretary, UGC a couple of days back in
University of Mysore during his visit to Mysore University and learnt that,
they need to know with the substantiated justification with the previous
orders of UGC in different PRCs over the peiod of time. He said they do not
have the old records with the UGC.
Hence, I request all the academic Librarians to help us to prepare a
memorandum with the justification that the parity was given in earlies PRCs
and denied in the last and the current PRCs. Kindly get us the copies of the
relevent orders of UGC if you have any, to enable us to get the issue
resolved by UGC and MHRD.
Lastly let us all thank Prof.Talawar for having given us a leadershi in
fighting for our status.